Young Antonio Valor Brotherman: Revelation: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A digitally illustrated poster board of a young Antonio Valor by Dawud Anybwile and Brian McGee. The poster features an image of the comic book hero Antonio Valor dressed as his alter ego, Brotherman. He is crouched down with his right hand resting on the pavement near the viewers perspective. His left foot is behind his left hand. His left hand is clenched in a fist and resting on his left knee. He is wearing sneakers, stripped socks, shorts and a sleeveless blue shirt with a white “B” on his chest. He is also wearing a blue mask and has red and green stripped wrist bands. A white bandage with blood on it is wrapped around his right bicep. Multi-colored buildings are in the background. The sky on the left side of the poster is red while the sky on the right side of the poster is blue. Black clouds are on both sides. Written in silver text in the bottom right corner is “..ANYABWILE..” A metal hanging wire is attached to the back.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 2009
• Printed by: Unidentified
• Created by: Dawud Anyabwile, American, born 1965
• Created by: Brian McGee, American, born 1970
• Subject of: Big City Entertainment, Inc., American, founded 2007
• Type: posters
• Type: promotional materials
• Medium: ink on cardboard, metal
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 48 1/16 × 34 1/4 × 2 in. (122 × 87 × 5.1 cm)
• Place made: United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Art
• Topic: Comics and graphic novels
• Topic: Design
• Topic: Graphic design
• Object number: 2017.116.5.5
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Brotherman Comics / Big City Entertainment, Inc.
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Sources and reuse

Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: © Big City Entertainment, Inc Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.